At the break of dawn, Katrina Kaif takes a private charter from Mumbai to visit the Azhagusirai village in Tamil Nadu, 29-km from Madurai, with one goal in mind, the eradication of female infanticide. She joined her mother in this remote village where the Bollywood actress went unrecognised. (BCCL/Prathamesh Bandekar)

At the break of dawn, Katrina Kaif takes a private charter from Mumbai to visit the Azhagusirai village in Tamil Nadu, 29-km from Madurai, with one goal in mind, the eradication of female infanticide. She joined her mother in this remote village where the Bollywood actress went unrecognised. (BCCL/Prathamesh Bandekar)

'Her work with underprivileged children here has won her a permanent place in our hearts,' said an office bearer of the Claretian Mercy Home, a project run to eradicate female infanticide and to shelter abandoned aged people. And you thought she was just a diva on screen! (BCCL/Prathamesh Bandekar)

'Her work with underprivileged children here has won her a permanent place in our hearts,' said an office bearer of the Claretian Mercy Home, a project run to eradicate female infanticide and to shelter abandoned aged people. And you thought she was just a diva on screen! (BCCL/Prathamesh Bandekar)

The actress' mother, Sussanne Turquotte, heads an organisation called Relief Projects India in Chennai. She has been fighting female infanticide for years and Katrina is lending a hand. Katrina is so involved that she just started a department dedicated to provide skill development facilities to children who are in the toddler age. She calls this wing 'Little Darlings'. (BCCL/Prathamesh Bandekar)

The actress' mother, Sussanne Turquotte, heads an organisation called Relief Projects India in Chennai. She has been fighting female infanticide for years and Katrina is lending a hand. Katrina is so involved that she just started a department dedicated to provide skill development facilities to children who are in the toddler age. She calls this wing 'Little Darlings'. (BCCL/Prathamesh Bandekar)